Check List for Best Online Experience

Things to know and check for to get the best online experience with the fastest internet speeds available.

Because this is so important to you we also offer a house or small business network audit. A technician will go through the network in your home or business and make recommendations on changes that will improve your online experience.

Computer

Operating System:

Windows 7 Pro 64-bit with Google Chrome web browser for best results

Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-3320M CPU @ 2.60GHz (4 CPUs)

RAM: 16 GB

Network adapter (naming device varies): 1000Mbps, 1000baseTx, or GigE

Mac 2013 OS X 10.12.5 or later version with Safari web browser for best results

Router firmware needs to stay updated, but don’t always update when a firmware is just released. Always test when possible.

Few home firewalls can support 1Gbps internet speeds, with all their inspection services turned on. Encryption, like VPNs and Wi-Fi connections, add additional overhead restrictions on bandwidth.

Wi-Fi is considerably slower and should NEVER be used to validate speeds with.

TV

When a customer subscribes to the 1Gbps INET package along with Yadtel’s IPTV service, the IPTV will use some of the 1Gbps downstream pipe to the NID. Our HD streams can be around 20 Mbps per channel, and the more STBs the customer subscribes to the more usage of the 1Gbps downstream pipe to the NID.

All Set Top Boxes should be off when running a speed test on 1 Gig service.

Speed tests and other notes

USB based adapters add data overhead, limiting throughput. Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 adapters are usually good, but the performance varies.

When testing Gig service, testing device needs to be directly connected to the service from Yadtel. Do not test through a router, firewall or other network device.

Maximum speed attainable for 1 Gig service is 940 Mbps on speed tests, this is due to overhead.

Google Chrome browser for Windows and Safari for Mac are required for running speed test to attain most accurate results.

With speeds this fast, there are limitations experienced by all carriers and providers. Also, be aware that your speed will only be as fast as your device(s) and can be constrained by the processors, the network adapter, the operating system, the browser and the memory in your PC, Mac, iPad, etc.